[open-government] Global Open Data Initiative moving forward

Fri Oct 4 17:23:51 UTC 2013

Thanks, Rufus, I was just confirming the specific focus, as the blog post was unclear. If the answer had been "we're focusing on businesses, governments and CSOs" then I would have considered GODI overbroad and duplicative, so thanks for clarifying.

James

On 2013-10-04, at 1:11 PM, Rufus Pollock wrote:

> On 4 October 2013 16:34, James McKinney <james at opennorth.ca> wrote:
> Re: "Increase awareness of open data", will GODI target a specific audience? Otherwise I see significant overlap with the ODI UK and its international nodes.
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> James: the general idea is, I think, for GODI to have a specific focus among civil society organizations, and to a lesser extent governments (to the extent that governments provide essential information that civil society organizations and citizens require).
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> Regarding overlap: I would imagine - and in some ways hope - that there is connection with other international initiatives as this is likely reinforcing and supportive - indeed many of the current partners in GODI (which includes, at present, Sunlight, the Web Foundation, Fundar and Open Institute along with the Open Knowledge Foundation) have themselves been active for some time internationally promoting open data. Re the ODI specifically, my understanding is that the UK's ODI is focused on business engagement and start-up side of things rather than civil society.
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> Regards,
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> Rufus
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> On Friday, 4 October 2013 08:55:37 UTC-4, Christian Villum wrote:
> From the Global Open Data Initiative blog:
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> Global Open Data Initiative moving forward
> October 4, 2013 in Announcements 
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> The Global Open Data Initiative is a coalition of civil society organisations working together in the area of open government data and open government.
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> Our basic goal is that citizens will have full and open access to the government data that is needed in order to build effective government and governance.
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